There is no comparison.

The Japanese pilots were soldiers of a government. We knew where their orders came from, we knew who paid them. They even openly declared war on the US (although a day late). Nobody in Japan said "not us, oh no, uh-uh, might be somebody that lives here, we're not sure".

Our current dilema is a little trickier. This is not a government. Its a rich nutcase with a bunch of wacked out zealots who have split personalities and who live all over the place.

Its more like cancer and its already spread. All we can do is hunt the abberant cells down one by one and bust em.